The Sun. — London, England, 1838-03-01 00:00:00

PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLI.A -• MENT-YESTERDAY. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS FOR BILLS, No. 4. Mr. GREENE in the chair. Oxford and Great Western Union Railway.—Petition fcr Bill read—Notices proved—unopposed—Standing Orders complied with. Staley Road.— Petition road—for Bill to enlarge and amend the viwors of former Act—noticcs proved —unoppJsed— Standing Orders complied with. Sdutli Multon Roads.—Petition le.d for B;11 to continu , , enlarge, and amend the pacers of a former Act, and for the repeal of other Acts. The petition was opposed by a coaster petition, on the ground of Standing Orders not having been complied with, no subscription contract to the amount of three-fourths of the estimate of expense being entered into and deposited in the Private Bill Office. _ _ --- - The question of the amount of surplus income in the hands of the Trustees was then gone into, when after some discus sion it appeared in evidence to be 8/. is. 101 , the amount of money authorized to be raised (without the consent of cre ditors) by the existing Acts, appeared to be 4.000/. ; and no application had been made to the creditors for leave to bor row more. The Trustees of the rated were directed to apply the funds towards the expenses of passing the Acts, of erecting toll-houses, of widening and repairing roads, &c. &c. Nevertheless, by the Act, 54, Geo. 111., Trustees of Tie npike Roads were empowered to raise 2,000/. in a!dition to any sum originally to be borrowed by special enactment. It wss untended by the opposing party, that the Trustees, inct having a balance of more than 81. 7s. 10d. in hand, had 'neither the right, nor the power, to come to Parliament and ask for a Bill, enabling them to expend the sum of 33,000/., which appeared to be their intention, on the new lines of road which they projected. The parties for the Bill answered, that the Standing Orders had not been virtually infringed ; inasmuch, as instead of a subscription contract, it was only necessary to make and lodge a declaration as to the nature and amount of the fund intended to be applied to for the purposes of the Bill. ( Standing Order, No. 8, page 18). In proof of this being considered a sufficient compliance with the Standing Orders, an opinion of Mr. Austin was read to the Committee. As to funds, they contended that it was the constant prac tice of parties to come before Parliament for Bills to make new roads, who had not a shilling of available capital in hand ; merely depending upon the tolls to be raised; and that, there fore, the trustees of this road had every reason to believe their application (being merely for extension of powers under an old Act) would be granted ; especially as the practice of Par liament appeared to be to put all Trustees of turnpike roads as nearly under the provisions of the General Inclosure Act as poesible. Notwithstanding these arguments, the Committee decided that the Standing Orders bad not been complied with, inas much as no subscription contract had been entered into ac cording to the Standing Order, No. 8, page 18 ; neither did it appear to the Committee that the Trustees wore in posses sion of funds sufficient to enable them to carry into effect the purposes of the new work. Turton and Entwistle Reservoir.—Petition read for Bill to enlarge the Reservoir. Notices proved. Unopposed. Stand ing Orders complied with. St. Pancras Paving.—Petition read for Bill to repeal former Acts, and for a Bill granting powers to levy new rates, ese. An objection was taken to the notice, which, it was alleged, had not been affixed to every church-door in St. Pancras ; neither did the notice express the manner in which it was in tended to . alter, emend, or vary the amount of the old rates, which, it appeared, were divided into eight classes, and that such ought to have been the course pursued as to such notice. The CHAIRMAN expressed his opinion, on the contrary, that the notice produced before the Committee was one of the moat explicit he had ever seed. It was contended that - fhe parishes of St. George. Blooms. bury, and St. George the Martyr, would be as much affected by this Bill as St. Pancras, and that therefore, such parishes ought to have bad notice. The Committee decided that such was the case, and that the Standing Orders had not been complied with. ELECTION COMMITTEES. (YESTERDAY.) (Continued from our Second Edition of last night.) CITY OF LONDON. The Committee met to-day at two o'clock. Mr. CURRIE in the Chair. As soon as the whole of the Members were present, Counsel and strangers were ordered to withdraw. After being out fur an hour, they were re-admitted and informed by the Chairman that in consequence of a matter which had only come to their knowledge that day, the Committee had determined to ad • journ till to-morrow in order to afford them time to report to the House. The reason was that one of the Members on the Committee ♦otcd at the election, and was a violent parti san for Mr. Palmer. Why did ho not state as much last night in the House, when two names were objected to, and struck off on the same ground ? TAUNTON. John Morgan, 746 on the register, was objected to, on the ground of removal. The Committee struck off the vote. An actournraent then took place until to-morrow morning at Avon o'clock. • • The number of rotes objected to by the petitioners, we understand, is 150, and by the sitting Member about 200. The majority for the latter, when the Committee adjourned, was two—three votes having beets struck off. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEB. 29. The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before Four o'clock. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG presented a petition against the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill. Mr. BLACKBURN presented a petition ft om the borough of Wallingford in favour of the Bill. Mr. HALL brought lip the National Loan Fund Assurance Company's Bill, which was read a first time.—To be read a second time. The Paington Harbour Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. LOWTHER presented a petition from Knaresborough against the Municipal Boundaries Bill. Mr. W. D NC 0 NIB E supported the prayer of the petition. Mr. O'Coxx ail. here entered the House, bearing a large bundle of petitions. He appeared to be in excellent spirits, and nothing daunted by the discussions which had taken place, and the resolutions which had been passed. Lord CAST L ERE AGH presented petitions from New townard and Comber, in the County of Down, praying that parishes might be exempted from the workhouse system, on condition that they maintained their own poor. The Noble Lord gave notice that he would move the introduction of a Clause in the Irish Poor Law Bill to that etf,ct. Mr. HODGES presented petitions from two parishes in Essex, against the present system of Negro Apprenticeship. HIGH SHERIFFS. Colonel DAVIS gave notice that it was his intention, on the Bth of March, to move for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the office of High Sheriff. LUSIIINGTON presented a petition from the S..)cety of Friends, complaining of the exaction of Church rate*, and praying for their total abolition. . _ Mr. THORNE LEY presented a petition from Bilston, praying for a repeal of the Corn-laws. The Honourable Member also presented a petition from Wolverhampton signed by 11,000 persons, praying for ►he abolition of the Negro Apprenticeship system. Also a petition from Liverpool, is favour of the reduction of the rates of postage to a penny. The petitioners were of opinion that the re venue would not be injured by the adoption of such a rate of postage, as the transmission of letters would be increased in a tenfold degree. The M'itrquis of CII ANDO 3 wished to ask the lion. Mem ber for Wolverhampton, whether it was the intention of his lion. Colleagn , , to bring forward his motion with respect to the Corn-laws to morrow ? Mr. THORN E LEY said that he understold it was the in.. tention of his lion. Colleague to bring it forward to-morrow, if it was in his power. Sir. F. TRENCH presented a petition from Scarborough, against the Boundaries' Bill. Mr. LAN! BTON presented a petition from North Durham, praying for the abolition of the system of negro apprentice ship ; also one froai an individual named Beard, complaining of the frauds which existed in the Coal trade. Colonel GORE L NGTON presented a petition from a place in Somersetshire, praying fur the Vote by Ballot. Mr. BA IL E Y presented a petition from Worcester, com plaining of the . present mode of transferring publican's licences. Mr. HUTTON presented a petition from the Mayor and Corporation of Dublin in favour of the Glasgow and Edinburgh Railway Bill, praying the House not to throw it out on any purely technical ground. The lion. Member also presented petitions from St. Paul and St. Mark, Dublin, complaining of the corrupt and profligate state cf the present system of munici pal government there, and praying for the extension of Muni cipal Reform for Ireland ; also a petition from the licensed apothecaries of Dublin, stating that there was no provision for a ttaching apothecaries to dispensaries, and praying for relief in that respect. TRADES' UNIONS. WAKLEY vresented a petition, signed by 304 h ouv .. i iainters of the City of Dublin, denyini , the chargesbrought against them, explaining the state of their trade , rind inviting ioquiry into the whole of th. it proceedings. The pe titioners stated that instead off - a uniform rate of wages being establishes'. there were four rates, and that any master might take an unlimited numher of apprentices.—Referred to the Trades' Combination Committee. GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS. The if o x. NIEMBER then presented petitions from the Wurki ng Men's Association of Sheffield ; from Biddlestone, in the county of York, and from the Whitesmitlis of London, pra)ing, fur a mitigation of the sen tence p assed on the Glasgow Cotton Spinners. CORN LAWS. Sir IL FERGUSON presented a petition we Lelieve from Duldin, praying for a repeal of the Corn Laws. - pe“ THE SCOTCH CHURCH. Mr. WRNIYSS presented a petition from Fife, against any further grant to the Scotch Church. NEGRO APPRENTICESIIIP. An Hon. NIF.MBER, whme name we did not learn, prasentad Fetitiong from Bristol anti other places agaii.st Negro Ap prenticeship. Mr. MORRIS presented a petition from some place in Cornwall, also against the Apprenticeship System, Sir C. STYLE presented a petition from Scarborouo3, against a Bill which bad been introduced by his Honourable Colleague. BISHOPRIC OF SODOR. AND MAN. Mr. BORT HWIC K pr sented a petition from the magis trates, and clergy of Evesham, against the abelition of the Bishopric of Sodor and Man. NEW POOR LAW. Mr. W. D U NCO MB E sail that he had a petition to pre sent from the parish cf Huddersfield, in the West Riding of rkshire, to which lie would wish to have called the attention of the Under Secretary of Stew for the Home Department, bet he was sorry to find that he was not in his place. The petition referred to the meetings of Guardians which took place in Huddersfield on the sth and 12th of June last, on the subject of the new Poor Law. The importance of the sub ject created considerable excitement in the town, in consequence of which the Magistrates were called on by certain individuals to bring in the military, which they, in the exercise of their discretion, refused to do. A representation was immediately& forwarded to the Under-Secretary of State by the parties, whorl had suggested the calling out of the military, containing calumnies and misrepresentations with respect to the conduct of the magistrates upon that occasion. Now, the petitioners stated that the magistrates acted wisely in refusing to call out the military, as the peace of the county was not dis turbed, and they expressed generally their warm ap proval of the manner in which the magistrates had conducted themselves.—( Hear.) The prayer of the petition was that the House would order the production of any corres pondence which might have taken place in reference to this subject, between the Lerd Lieutenant and Magistrates of the County and the under- Secretary of State. The Hon. Mem ber begged to state in conclusion, that he bad submitted this petition to the Secretary of State, but he was sorry to say that he had paid no attention to it. The petition was ordered to lie on the table. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.—MR. O'CONNELL. On the motion of Lord MAIDSTONE, the Order of the Day for the attendance of Mr. O'Connell in his place was now read. The SPEAKER inquired if Mr. O'Connell was in his place. Mr. O'CONNELL rose and said—" I am here, Sir." The lion. and Learned Member then sat down. The SPEAKER—PIease to stand up. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose. The SPEAKER—Mr. O'Connell, you have permitted yourself to he betrayed into the use of expressions at a public meeting with respect to:which this House has come to the fol lowing resolutions : " That the expressions in the said speech, containing a charge of foul perjury against the Members of this House in the discharge of their judicial duties, I.re a false and scanda lets imputation on the honour and conduct of the Members of this House. " That Mr. O'Connell having avowed that lie had used the said expressions, has been guilty of a breach of the priviliges of this House ; and, finally, that he be reprimanded in his place." The charge of foul perjury is one of the heaviest that can be preferred. You cannot be surprised that having cast so grave an imputation on the Members of this House, it has aroused the indignation of those against whom it was directed, and that you have exposed yourself to the severest censure and displeasure of this House. You have endeavoured to vindicate your conduct by alleging that you were impelled by a strong sense of the defective constitution of the present tribunal for the trial of controverted elections, and that you sought to effect a remedy for that evil by stimulating public opinion. It is unnecessary for me to remind you, that at the time when you used the expressions which have been condemned, this House had recognised, with scarcely any difference of opinion, the expediency of attempting to apply a real remedy to the evils of which you complained, and that your energies and talents could not have found a more legitimate useful employment than in endeavouring to render the measure before this House (Ancient for its object. You have further alleged, and it is true, that others have used language as strong as those which you employed with respect to this House and its Members. In general this House has been of' opinion that it consulted its real dignity, and obeyed the dictates of true wisdom, in relying for protection and defence against misrepresentation and ca lumny, on the consciousness of the zeal and fidelity with will, h it discharges its duty to the people whom it represents. The case, however, is very different when one of the Members of this House seeks 6 disparage and to degrade this House in public estimation, by charging a large portion of its Members with foul perjury. No one knows better than you do, that the laws and constitution of this realm have invested this House with power and authority so large, that its acts must always have an im portant influence on the well-being of the State, and that no power and authority can be beneficially exercised, unless they are administered by those who are respected. It is, there fore, the first duty of Members of this House to contribute, by all proper moans to sustain that character, which is as essential to the credit of the House itself, as for the' interest of the country. If, unhappily, the day should ever arrive, when from any cause this House should be stripped' of the mural influence of character, and of the respect of the people, its means of resistance to inex&dient, un reasonable, or unjust demands, wouldbe so weakened, that tbiel great assembly, now popularly constituted, might be tossed and' driven by every successive current, and the safety of the State might be endangered. I should be unworthy of the station which I hold, if I did not feel the deepest interest in whatever can touch or affect the:character of this House, and it is there fore with great pain that I have been compelled, in the discharge of my duty, thus to animadvert upon the conduct of a Member who has sought to disparage this House by impugning the conduct and honour of a large portion of its Members. It now only remains that, in obedience to the commands of this House, I should reprimand you, as I now accordingly do. Mr. O'CONNELL then rose amid much cheering, and ad dressed the House as follows :—Sir, it seems to me that it is extremely inconvenient to follow the precedent here laid down. On the present occasion I have been deprived of considerable advantage in my defence by the mode the House has adopted. As to myself, personal, it is but ef small importance what my inconvenience and suffering may be ; but it is of great import ance to the House and to the country, that its proceedings should be so arranged as not to produce a moral disparage ment between the House and the country at large, and the morality of the House is not to be disparaged if any party violates that morality. It is not, Sir, because we are pleased to say we are pure, that the country is to judge us to be so.—(Cheers.) It is not, Sir, because a majority of 9, or 9 9, or 200 have declared themselves free from shame, that the country is to believe them to be so.—( Cheers.) As to my self, Sir, the morality or immorality of the House is imma terial ; but it is most important to the true administration of justice, that all decisions and proceedings of this House should be free from political and party bias. In my opinion, Sir, and in that no doubt of the country, this House does not vindicate itself by such a resolution as the present, any more than the judges did, who vindicated themselves from taking ship-money.—( Cheers.) I am sorry, Sir, that I was not in the House, or that I did not know what the resolutions to iflo moved for were. Taking my words, such as they were, to be the same as those placed in the resolution, are they, I would ask, sufficient to enable the House to declare the lan guage tole false, and inconsistent with the fact? I have no hesitation in declaring it not to be so, and that facts might be brought forward to show that what I have stated is true, and that the greatest partiality has been exercised in Election Committees. Is there any gentlemen, I would ask, who could declare that it was their firm belief that Election Com mittees were impartial ?—( Cheers.) No ono can doubt that the greatest party bias influences the members of such Com mittees. It is admitted that many gentlemen vote in Elec tion Committees by party bias. In the motion of last night it is expressly so stated. It is there stated that many of the Members sworn to try the merits of Election petitions are biassed by party interests and attachments. If that is not perjury I know not what is.—( Cheers.) That charged Members with being biassed in Committees by their party feelings—if that is not a charge of' perjury then I have never used the word, because that was all I meant to convey. —( Cheers.) The Gentlemen opposite may lay the flattering unction to their souls, but I ask will the public go with them? — (Cheers.) In order to do so they must disclaim that these tribu nals were actuated by party feelings—have they done so? No— ( Cheers)--nor can they. As for the Bill before the House it is nothing—it says that these Committees are partial, and then goes on to continue them, I mean no disrespect to the Gen tleman who introduced the Bill, but it does nut apply any re medy. The public has long been opposed to the system. — (Cheers.) I hold in my hand a pamphlet which was published by a Parliamentary agent above a year ago, in which, speaking of these Committees, he says, " I have not known a single case, in which the parties interested, as also the Gentlemen of' the Bar, did not look more at the character and political opi nions of the Members of the Committee, as furnishing grounds for success, than to the merits of the case. "—( Cheers.) He pro ceeds—" The evil has continued to increase until it has be come intolerable." I have, Sir, received your reprimand, be cause I have felt it to be intolerable to the part of the country from which I come. He proceeds—" No Member is safe—no Member is secure of his seat, nor can any petitioner hope to succeed with the best case—all depends upon the political opinions of the Committee."—( Cheers.) lam aware that lam not very popular with the Gentlemen opposite. It may be my fault; but if so, it is one I cannot repent of.—( Loud cheers.) Instead of assailing me, why du not the lion. Gentlemen attack the gentleman who has put forth my sentiments in a publication which met them in every publisher's shop e -(Loud cheers.) I tell them that they cannot stifle either the voice of the public nor mine. I have every respect for the assembly of the Gentlemen around me, but no respect for any body will ever keep me from speaking the truth. Many of the Gentlemen present will remember that Galileo was put into prison for sa)ing, that the world went round — they may also remember that it is said that after the bolts and bars were drawn upon 'din, he crud out through the key hole, " the world goes rounds still." The writer I refer to is not a Whig, much less a Radical as I am—but lie be longs in politics to a party opposed to me ; and he says, "Nothing depends on the merite—every thing depends on the Committee." I ask Gentlemen to put their hands to their hearts, and to say whether that is true or false ?—(Cheers.) Parties endeavour to get Committees of the most extraordi nary nature. I have heard even to-day of a most extraordi nary circumstance with respect to a Committee.— ( Loud cheering, which continued far some seconds. The observation was made, we believe, in allusion to the fact of a gentleman having allowed himself to be bellotted for on the City of London Committee, not withstanding he voted for, and was an active partizan of, the petitioner.) And it really was suggested to me—only the Noble Lord has conducted his case with so much perfect cor rectness towards me, I must say that I will not at all think of involving him in any species of even legitimate complaint— but it has been suggested to me that it was arranged my case ' should be brought on early, before the facts of that other ease THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1838. cline. before the House. It appears that some gentlemen have teat sweet oblivious antidote, that makes them forget two and tsso make four, or some proposition of equal certainty. Thus the writer goes or. " To ensure a favourable Committee, every principle of decency and justice arc notoriously and openly prostituted."—( Loud cheers.) This has been in print fur twelve months; and now I am assailed for taking up this thi is when it is pressing home to the bosoms of those whose rights arc most dear to me. This is what the public say ; and set you come with your vindication of yourselves, with a ma jeiiey of nine, dee - hiring that to be true which the public declares to be utterly untrue.—( Cheers.) He goes on : " The s leninity of an oath and public opinion have little effect on many when the interest of one of their pasty is at stake."—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") That is what the public say, and what becomes of your vindication, or your reprimand of me ?—(Cheers.) I have expressed no regret for what I have uttered—l have retracted nothing—l retract nothing.—( Loud cheering for some time.) Sir, I have risen to move the appointment of a Committee of investigation, which I had not an opportunity of doing before. Let me meet Your resolution by es idence.—( Loud cheers.) Give me a your it be selected in a way you think most likely to obtain the opinion of the public—let the lead ing men of each party be upon it.—(Hear and cheers.) Let it be nominated by the- Speaker. Ought this House to submit to this history of it given to the public ? It is not only to the organs of both parties I refer to—l refer to the delibe rate publications of your own House given to you. I vvill examine before that Committe the Members of this House— the Learned Counsel who practise here, and who said to ins —it is in vain for you to struggle; you see the Committee will decide everything against us.—( Hear, hear.) They will at once say, that when 7 to 4 arc struck you may instantly send your witnesses borne—we will gee on with your case, but they will strike to-morrow.—( Clear, hear.) I have heard that said recently—( Hear, hear,)—and now that being so, I will put it to the honour and candour of the gentlemen who hear me, if they will persevere in that course, and not give us this trial. You have your public tribunals to try everything unstained and untainted. You find in those tribunals Gentle men among you, whatever their politics may be, who perform their duty with impartiality. I will say that of you, English Geatlemen, who conic among us in the judicial seat. You have therefore unstained and untainted benches of justice. You have impartial juries—you can remove a trial from place to place—you can, what we call, change the venue—you can get counties free from all bias and party attachment—you can get the judges to preside and correct the errors of juries if they find a verdict against evidence, or the weight of evidence— but your present tribunal, who is to correct it? Nobody. It is the most absolute tribunal in the world. Law you pro fess to know nothing of; and what can be more dangerous than for a body to take upon itself to decide upon law who is utterly ignorant of it? You sages who have laid down rules that no man shall be deprived by law of his life or property without evidence, what is your evidence ? What would you require ? This gentleman goes on to state that whatever one on one side wishes to have, they have only to suggest it to a friendly Counsel that lie may ask for it, and which a Counsel in a Court of Justice would be ashamed to ask. I am ready to prove my case. I call on you to let me prove my ease.—( Hear.) If that Committee decide that I have made a false charge, there is no submission too humble which will not proudly be bowed to by me. If that Committee states it is proved that I have made a mis-statement, there is no reparation I shall not make which so humble an individual as myself may be capable of. But I cannot stand by the notion that any censure is in flicted ou me by any vote of a majority that will not come to the evil and eradicate it.--(Much cheering.) I will not say all—several may not come—but many will come down to-morrow, and be reproached in their clubs, if they happen to be away when their ballot is going on. All they want to have said is Oh if you had been in your place—if you had been there—the majority would have bocu the other way." A morality of party against the morality of justice !—( Cheers. ) I have heard a great deal against religion here. What scuffles and scrambles have been made for the purpose of throwing out observations against religion in one part of the House and in another, and what sanctimoniousness of demeanour has been observed on other occasions !—( I tear, hear.) This, then, is a question of trying a matter fairly, after being sworn on the Holy Word of God. Where then are those men of pure sanctity? Why don't they come forward nosy, and adjourn their Sabbath-days' Bills, it' we are to hear any more of those Bills—adjourn them for a week or ten days, and come to a real vindication of their calling on the sanctity of the name of the Eternal God.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, I mean to more that this Committee shall be formed, and I shall submit upon that to anything which the House may think fit. I have repented of nothing—l have retracted nothing.—( Hear.) I mean not to use harsh or offensive language.—( Cries of " Oh, oh," from the Tory side, at which the Hon. and Learned Gentleman paused, as if surprised, which produced profound silence. After a brief pause the Hon. and Learned Gentleman proceeded. ) I admire their attention to a subject which introduces the name and sanction of the Deity.—( Hear, hear.) I repeat what I have said, but I wish I could find terms less offensive in themselves and equally significant.—( Hear, hear.) lam bound to re-assert what I have said, for I am convinced of nothing by a vote.—( Hear, hear.) Sir, I now move for the appointment of a Committee. The SPEAKER.—Mr. O'Connell, it is contrary to the rules of the House to move for a Committee without having giver, notice. Mr. O'CONNELL.—If that is the rule, Sir, I now give notice that I will move for the Committee to-morrow.—( Hear.) Lord C A STL EREAGII then rose, but gave way to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who said—Sir, I rise to move that your address be inserted in the Journals of the House. LONDON ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. CURRIE, the Chairman of the London Election Committee, appeared at the Bar, and being asked by the Speaker what he had there, said—A report, Sir, which, as Chairman of the London Election Committee I am directed to make to the House. I am directed to state, that, on meeting this day, and before the Committee proceeded to business, Mr. Sanderson, one of the Members, stated that it was only this morning he discovered that he had ed fome voted at the last election for the city of London.—( Cheers, laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh," which cont inu minutes.) When the noise subsided, Mr. C. continuer so d And Mr. Sanderson added, that he took the earliest opportu. nity to apprise the Committee of the fact.—( Hear.) Upon being informed of that, the Committee adjourned to to-morrow, and ordered me to report the fact to the House immediately. Mr. SANDERSON then rose amidst cheers, laughter, and cries of " Order, order." He said—l feel that some ex planation and apology is due from me to the H ou se on this occasion.—( Hear, h ° ear.) It is now nearly twelve years since I first bad the honour of sitting as a Member of this House—(" Hear, hear," from the Tory benches) --and during the whole of that time I have been an elector of the City of London. Bat from the circumstance of the election for Colchester baring been fixed fur the same time as th a t f o r the City of London , I was always precluded from voting in London, but at the last election, and I thought it had been as before.— (" Oh, oh I cheers, laughter, and cries o f " Order.") I thoug ht it had " been so at the last election, and that I had not v oted. I state that in my own justification. But on referrieg to the poll books of my own accord, and without any suggestion from any one else—( Hear and a laugh)—l found that I did vote, and I immediately hastened to apprise the Committee of the circumstance.-_( Opposition cheers.) Sir, I sincerely regret the inconvenience which I have caused to the House on this occasion, a n d I assure th e H o use that the er ror was most unintentional—( H ear , b ear f r om ;the Toriee)—and I trust that every Hon Member will acquit me of a n y desire to conceal the factiof my h av i ng vo t e d._( Hear, hear , fr om the Tories.) I know not w h at t h e d ec i s i o n of the H ou se may be. But upon reference to the poll-books this morning of my own accord, I found it was not so—that I did vote at the last election. I immediately acquainted the Committee with the fact. I sincerely regret the inconvenience which I have oc casioned. I assure the House it was an unintentional error ; I hope every Hon. Member will acquit me of any desire to be retained on the Committee while disqualified from serving. —(hear, hear.) I know not what course the House may take regarding me--for my own part, I desire my name may be struck off the Committee.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. W YNN said a clause had been inserted in the Act respecting Election Committees—the 30th c lause—expressly Members,of any electionto meet this case, by th e d es i re o f Lord Colchester, enacting that "eleven , :warn n petition, at tiletable' s w ha e l l l l be and deemedtruly t o try the merits and taken to be a Select Committee, legally appointed to try and determine the merits of that election petition, from and after the time of such Committee having been sworn at the table." Now, he thought that in this case, the Hon. Members of the Committees having been sworn at the table, they acre legally , eonstituted to try the petition ; and the House could not meddle with it.—( Hear, hear, from the Op position benches ) Now, %chile the house took c I are to guar( against the possibility of this occurring through favouritism toward any individual, they allowed gentlemen, in consequence of death or dangerous illness of a near relative, to be excused from attendance on the Committee. The present ectSC, he thought, came within the limits of the rule ; for they should remember that the vote of a member who had polled at the election was likely to be questioned by the Committee, and he would be obliged to be in attendance during its sittings, to verify Ida statement. He did not therefore think that the House would be straining the rule, by bringing the present case within it. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that after the statement made by the Hon. Member, he had only to say that be entirely agreed with him, that the bye-law of the Committee must continue in force, and must not be interfered with in hatsoever. The Honourable Gentleman would no any way w doubt have to attend the Committee, to verify his statement. Ile thought this consideration would induce the House, on the application of the Hon. Member himself, to be allowed to Attend and verify his own vote. Mr. Sanderson': statement was then read by the Clerk as follows :—" I was not aware when I was drawn on the Com mittee that I had vi ted at the electioe" On the Illation of Mr. WYNN, Mr. Sander; rn was then excused from farther attendance on the London Election Committee. Mr. HUME, in answer to an Hon. Member, stated that he had postponed his motion for the second reading of the County Rates Bill till that day fortnight. QUARTER SESSIONS. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had a notice on tl e paper for to4noreow for the introduction of a Bill with regard to the adminiatration of justice at Quarter Sessions. It was most important that he should bring in the Bill on that sub ject, and after stating the grounds fur his doing 50, it was his intention to move that the further consideration of the measure should be adjourned to Monday, FIRST FRUITS AND TENTHS. On the motion of the LORD ADVOCATE the Small Debts ( Scotland) Bill was read a second time. On the motion that the House g..) into Committee on the the First Fruits and Tenths Bill, Mr. G. KNIGHT rose to make some remarks, which were totally inaudible in the gallery in 'consequence of the nose occasioned by Members leaving the Hope. Mr. BAINES wished to. explain .liow the matter really stood. A Committ e e had been appointed to: inquire into the subject of the first fruits and tenths, and their administration. The result of their repot t was, that they were not administered in such a way as tote beneficial to the poor clergy. The present Bill fell far short indeed of the declared inten tions and the report of the Honourable Member. He was willing, however, to believe that in proposing only the consolidation of the offices and the Queen Anne's Bounty, the Honourable Member had acted in courtesy towards him, and left the remainder of the matter in his hands, as he had boon the person who had originally taken it up. It would ill become him, therefore, to throw any obstacles in the way of the Bill, or to upbraid the Hon. Member for what he bad left undone. There were one or two points in the Bill, however, to which h. wished to call their attention. 30,5001. a-year ought to accrue to the poorer clergy from this establishment. From this there was a deduction of 5,0001. a-year for salaries. He wished to take the management of the funds out of the hands of the Bishops and to place it in the hands of Commis sioners, lay and ecclesiastical, who would manage it for the benefit of the poor clergy, whose humble advocate he was. After a few observations from Sir R. Inzlis, Mr. Baines, Lord Sandon, Mr. Estcourt, and Lord John Russell, the House went into Committee. Several clauses were then agreed to. Mr. BAINES moved a clause to the effect that at least one-half the Governors present at each Court in future should be laymen. Mr. ESTCOURT and Sir R. INGLIS objected to the proposition on the ground that it implied a charge against the present administration, to which no imputation could attach. After some further discussion the charge was withdrawn. The other clauses were then agreed to, and the House re sumed. HACKNEY CARRIAGES (METROPOLIS) BILL. Sir M. WOOD moved that the House go into Committee on this Bill. Mr. HAWES opposed the motion. Sir M. WOOD replied. Sir G. STRICKLAND suggested that the House should go into Committee on the Bill. Mr. HUME recommended his lion. Friend to withdraw the Bill. He had great objections to almost every clause that contained a penalty. Mr. WARBURTON moved, as an amendment, that the Bill be committed that day six months. Mr. HAWES seconded the motion. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but, on the House being counted, it was found that only thirty-seven Mem bers were present; upon which the House adjourned at Nine o' Clock. NEW MODE OF FILTERING WATER To TUE EDITOR OP THE MORNING CHRONICLE Sin,--I have discovered a cheap filter to cleanse river water, which you will oblige me to communicate to the public, as it may be useful to the inhabitants of London, Westminster, and other districts where clean soft water is preferred to dirty or hard water. It is nothing more than a bag► made of unbleached calico, in the form of an inverted cone, attached to a small wooden hoop, and in this county ca lled a dropping bag. It is first saturated with water, afterwards pulverised charcoal is thinly spread over the in side of it with a dredging -box used by cooks. At first a part of the charcoal will pass through the pores of the bag with the water, but by continuing to fill it full with the same water, and adding charcoal, in a few minutes it will become clear as spring water. To prevent the charcoal being washed from the pores of the bag in filling it, place another bag inside it, and dredge a small quantity of pulverised charcoal into it. 'The cast of both bags is under one shilling, and the two I send you will cleanse from fifty to sixty gallons daily, if it be supplied with water from a pipe and regulated by a stopcock, and more in proportion to the size of the bag ; but, as their cost is little, they can be increased in size and in number as may be required. I have used these filters the last month ; and hoping the use of them may add to the comfort of others. I am, Sir, your humble servant, Dumbleton, Feb. 20. JAMES RICIIARDS. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET. John Williams, a sturdy-looking fellow, was charged by Henry Nicholson, who stated that while standing In his master's shop last night, the prisoner passed by and snatehed up a piece of bacon, with which he ran away. He was instantly pursued, and brought back with the property upon him, and aecounted for committing the offence by saying that he had not tasted food for the last two days; but after he was given into custody and searched at the station-house, he was found to Ise possessed of Is. eld. The prisoner said he was out of work for a considerable time, and was in the greatest distress. Mr. TWYFOID said it was a most impudent robbery, and ordered the prisoner to be fully committed for trial. Three arching named Edward Harntley.JamesCcr, and John Wynne were sent to hard laboiir in the House of Correction—time first-namod prisoner for three months, anti his companions for tw• months each, for attempting to pick the pocket •f a gentleman last night at the pit-entrance of Covent-Garden Theatre. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. James Christie was yesterday brought before Mr. Conant for final examination, charged with having defrauded a number of woollen drapers and mercers. A person named Thomas, from the establishment of Messrs. Overbury and Co., Blackwell Hall, factors, Cateaton-street, proved that the prisoner came to the warehouse, and having represented himself as seat by their customers, Messrs. Lewin and Co., Brown street, obtained forty-ono yards of kersey niere, value 14!. Messrs. Lewin and Co. denied all knowledge of the order and of the prisoner. Mr. Broughton, man's-mercer, of Oxford-street, proved that the prisoner obtained a quantity of waistcoat silk and silk velvet, upwards of 101. in value, by representing himself as having been tent for the articles by Mr. May, tailor, Holles street. Mr. Smart, jun., proved that the prisoner obtained from his father's warehouse, in Milk-street, a long length of silk serge, he having stated that he had been sent for the property by Nir. Miley, tailor, Warwick-street. Proof was adduced in the two last cases that the prisoner was unknown. In defence the prisoner denied having boon to the shop of Mr. Broughton. With respect to the other charges, he de clined to say anything. A young man, formerly a fellow-workmen of the prisoner's when in the employ of Messrs. Broadwood, pianoforte-makers, applied for the duplicates of some tools, which the prisoner had stolen from him and pledged. Mr. CONANT asked the prisoner if he was willing to give up the duplicates? The prisoner having answered in the aftirmative, the duplicates were given to the owner of the property. The prisoner was then fully committed. 'EAMES-OFF. 2.500 On Monday a well-known thief, named James Hays, was brought before Mr. Greenwood, on a charge of stealing coals from a barge on the river. It appeared from the testimony of a Thames-police con stable, named King, flint late on Sunday night he saw the prisoner in a dredging-boat, among the craft lying near the colliers off Stone-stairs, Ratelift: lie watched him, and ob served him to take a large piece of coal from a barge belong ing to Mr. Cloves, with which he immediately rode cff, broke up the lump, and placed a quantity of other coals on the top of it. The officer gave chase to the prisoner, who attempted to row into Globe-stairs, Rotberhithe, where he was caught, and taken into custody. The prisoner said he was a Lambeth dredgerman, and he broke up a coal which he had dredged from the bottom of the river, because th• magistrates had convicted him, and sent him to prison some time ago for having a large piece of coal in his boat. _ . Mr. GREENWOOD-01i no, you was not convicted of that; it was because you stole the coals. King said that the prisoner, like all other dredgermon, mixed up a good deal of fair dealing with his dishonesty. The coals dredged from the bottom of the river were laid over those stolen from the craft. The difference was evident ; those which bad not been overboard retained the dust, the others were covered with mud and had no dust on them at all. prisoner—l eatched them all honestly, your Worship ; you see I puts down my dredge and brings cm up just like fish. Mr. GREENWOOD—No, the fish are not to be caught in the barges. What occasion had you for the hammer? Prisoner —Oh, that was to mend the sculls with, Sir. The officer stated that the hammer was used to break up the stolen coals and reduce them to small pieces. Mr. GREENWOOD sentenced the prisoner to fourteen days' hipri!onment and hard labour, and ordered his boat to be publicly burnt. Plisoner I have had one boat burnt already, Sir. This one belongs to Mr. Ilosier. I pay him eight shillings a week for the loan of it. Mr. GREENWOOD-You must send Mr. Hosier here. If pe ople lend boats for the purposes of plundering, they must not expect to obtain them again. The officer said that Mr. Hosier spoken of had been con victed of stealing coals more than thirty times. Yesterday, an inquest was held at the Old Baptist's Elead, Clerkenwell, on the body of Mr. John Pouns. ford, aged 43, who committed suicide by nearly severing his head from his body. It appeared by the evidence that the de ceased was a married man, and that a short time before ho kept a public-house in Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, when his w ife absconded from him, taking with her all the money he possessed. The poor man was evidently broken-hearted, and said that, in consequence of his wife's conduct, all his goods had been seized fur rent, and that he was a ruined man. The jury said it was a very afflicting case, and inquired of the beadle where the widow was at the present time. The beadle said she resided in the family of Mr. Thompson, solicitor, No. 48, Berners-street, Oxford-street. Other evidence was heard which spoke to the deceased's distracted state of mind since the desertion of his wife, after which the jury returned a rerdiat of insanity. JUSTICE TO SCOTLAND.—A petition is published in the Montrose Review, emanating from the Local Liberal Association. The object of the petitioners is to obtain a ready adjustment of the empire's representation, and a larger share to Scotland. " There are five '1411(40 Mcntbeol re turned from England and Wales, and only fifty-three from Scotland. The population of England and Wales was, in 1831, six times that of Scotland, but the Representatives of the latter country are only one-tenth of the number of those returned by the former." PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, TUESDAY, FEB. '2.7. Number Dividend Pr'ce of per CANALS. per shares. Annum. Paid. Share 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham.... Average 971. 16s. sh. 135 1.482 4!. Ashby-de-le-Zouch Average 113/. sh. 65 1,260 Basingstoke lOO/ sh. 5 1,005 51. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 , sh. 100 6,000 1-16th. 91 64. 11irmingham, 1-16th share 81/. & 711. 220 4.000 Ditto and LI verpool Junet...1251 sh. 100 pd 26 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton -.IOU sh. all pd 64 400 41 Chehner and Blackwater 100/ sh. 102 500 18/. Civentry 'OO/ sh 745 4.545 Croydon Overage 31/.28.10d. sh. 3 2,069 41. (13. Dudley IOW. sh. 63 6(10 14,. D:Aby 1001. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent, i)antine and 1114yite 3,5751 3/, Ellesmere and Chester Average 133/. sh. 77 231 46/. Erowash 1001. its. '7OO 1,297 '291. Forth and Clyde Average 4411.165. ch. 585 1 1,900 191. Grand Junction. WI/. sh. 220 2,491 11. Grand Union 1001. sh 25 1.5044 (fraud Surrey 2 0,00/. V. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan lO3l. 70 3,098 Grand Western 600 13/. 1`... 6d. Glamorganshire, Average cost 172/. Mr. 4d. 230 749 10t. Grantham 150/. 'h. 202 6,238 9.1. Os. Huddersfield leverage 571. Os. 60. sh. 37 100 Kensington 100 sh, all pd. 10 2 5,328 11. fa. Kennet sod Avon, Average:V )I.lBi. 10d. sh. 26 2,897; 241. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. HO 5451 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 9'25 1, 8 97 6/. Os. Leicester anal Northampton... Aver sty. 1813. 91 2,400 101. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 20.) 150 10/. Melton Mowbray 1001. rh. 200 500 '25/. Mersey and Irwell lOO/. sh. 565 3.000 1/. 10s. 'Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 17/. Neath 100/.811. 325 1,786 301. Oxford 2,100 5/. Peak Forest Avet..ge about 78/. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. Bd. sh. 16 5,689 6/. per cent. rsochdale Average 8.5/. sh. 111 500 8/. Shropshire 1'251. sh. 138 800 9/. 10s. Somerset Coal 1501. sh. 1511 3,600/. 41 per cent. Ditto bock Fund Stock ............12! 10s. sh. llt 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester 149/. sh. 710 500 9!. Shrewsbury 1251. sh. LSO 300 9/. Stourbridge 3,647 2/. Os. Stratliad-on- Avon ...Average 791. 93. tad. sh. 50 533 15/. Swansea 1001. sh. 250 3,762 U. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 27 2,60415 h. 32/. lUs. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 100/. ,h. 565 6,149 Thames and Medway...Aver. 19/.55. 3d. sh. 2 rs h. } 15/. Warwick aud Birmingham 1001. eh. 265 , oih. 980 114. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 200 6,000 4/. Os. Worcester and Birmingham... Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 798 5,000 2.51. Wilts an.s. Berks .. Average 67/. 10s. Bd. sh. 22 800 3/, Wyrley and Essington 125/. sh 75 tsvi %Visite:lel) 905 is, Wey and Arun ' 1101. sh. 22, DOCKS. 1,6008( 1 3Commercial p. o OOOl. sh. 56 1,065i5h 498,667 g ti e er ct. East India Stock 107 1,239,3101/. sus.p.ct. London Stock 57 Ditto Bonds 99 ,380,000/. 41/. p. ct. West India 2,209 I& 19s. Bristol 68,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amount; ,352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine stock 90 1 500,000 4 i per cent. Ditto Bonds 200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 991 Shoreham Hat hour Deptford l'ier S. 201. sh. 3/. BRIDGE 1,1500 les. Hammersm Al • 5Ol. ah. 221 7,2 - 31 Southwark, Old Av. 63/. 2s. 83. sh. 2 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 per cent, 501. ;h. 14 5,000 .... W a t er l oo lOO/. sh. 3 5,000 1 . 881 (3:1 . . Ditto, Old Annuities of 8/. 6O/. pa 19 5,000 16s. Id. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/. pd 61 C. 0,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds l llB 5,948 17s Vauxhall Av - .rage 701. 10s. 3d. ah. 18 ASiURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 91101 Albion 500/. sh. 50/. pd 80 50,000 r i ll, e , :i c l e , n , l l Alliance,Btitish & Foreign 100 1 . sh. 10 1/. pd 13 1 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 61 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 501. sh. 51. pd 14 1,200 1111. 5/. Birmingham I ire 0 501. ;h. 551. pd 1071 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire 5O/. sh. 501. pd 42 .3g,000 61.,000 1. per e cent. cent. ritNhc 0, ,_.. c A '4,p00 21 Ilii County ,000 Si. !,,,,,, c 5 per cant./ "' /and all nt. 3 Eagle 504. sh. 5/. pd ri Clerical, 511.11,•11,&c. Life, ICOLsh, ‘21104 pd 4 Economic Litelool. sh. 10/. pd 42 50/. sh. 51. pd 5i 10001. sh. 2501. pd 375 ; 2,271 225, percent. European Llic 2O/, sh. all pd 22 30,000 2s. Ditto, New 'OOO,OOO/. 71. per ct. Globe Stock 155 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 331 40,000 Cs. 60. Hope 2,400 31. 7s. 60. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 1261 : 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. ;h. 101. pd 10 13,45.9 41. per ceet. Indemnity Marine VOL o h . 81. p 4 20 2,020 31 10s Keet Fire ', 3/. Ditto Ufe 79 'llol'oo 10s. Law Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 251 .15,000 106. London, Fire 25/. sh. 121. 10s. pd In 3,900 10s. London, Ship 25!. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 16 30,000 5/. per cent. Palladium Lila 501. sh. 21. pd 218 s Od 11+0,000 41. per cent. Protector Fire 01. sh. 2./. pd 17s Od 2,500 1/, 54. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20 Rock Life O/. sh. 11. pd • 89,2'201 5/. per cent Royal Exchange Stock... 2 - 2 . 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite 501. sh. all pd 82 . iOO,OOO e 5 1 1001. sh. 51. pd 3 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 2l. pd JOINT STOCK BANKS '25,000 8 percent. Agric. andCumm. of Ireland 95/. ah. 10/. pd 14 ! 5,000 Australasia 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Bit mingham SCI. sh. 10/. pd 13 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank .... 50/. sh. 5!. pd 161 0,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool ;h. 204 pd 911 .3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 201. pd no 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 23 50,000 71 per conk Di Manchester and Liverpool} scount lool.lh. 151 pd 20 90,000 7 per cert. Manchester 100/. sh. 25/ pd 27 20,000 20,‘ 00 National Bank of Ireland -.501. sh. 171/. pd 16 10,000 3 per cent. National Provincial Eng. ...1001. sh. 351. pd 34 10,000 Gloucestershire 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 20 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 501. sh. 5/. pd Si GAS LIGHT AN I) COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 It La 6d Bath 2O/. sh. IV/. pd 24 6.000 ..... .... British 4Ol. ah. 161. pd 21 ~,,„ c5/.percenti Ditto Provincial 201. sh. 19 d 221 Land Bs. Si. 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 98 4,250 2/ Os Bristol 2 0 6. sh. 36 --- - - 1,500 3/ 10, Brighton '2O/. sh. 11 750 31 10s Ditto, New 201. sh. IS!. pd 10 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 20/. sh. all pd 17 4,000 41. Continental Cansolidated lOO/. B'2ll. pd 1)1) 1,000 101. City of London lOO4 sh. all pd 190 1,000 6!. Ditto, New 14,000 41.10 x. Equitable 5O/. pd 301 10,000 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. eh. 45 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. '2Ol. pd 20 2,350 6/ per cent. Independent 3O/. sh. all pd 481 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix 50/. sit. 39/. pd 211 1,000 4!. per cent. Itatcliff 100/. sh. 601. pd 56 4,001) ." South Metropolitan 54. sh. 191. pd 17 8,200 5!. per cent. United General 5O!. sh. 461. pd 291 2-10 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50 400 101. per cent Wakefield 25/. eh. 421 19,000 3!. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12e. Ditto New :11. all. 101. pd 91 BGO Yarmouth 201. sh. 18/. pd 9 WATER WORKS. 1,800 Os. Birmingham 251. sh. 25/ pd 211 4,4:34 6/. East London lOOl. sh. 149 6,500 21 105 Grand Junction ...,Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 54 2,000 2!. Kent 100/ sh. 421 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3=(3 1,500 2/ 10s New River London Bridge Water Annuities 58 0,186 11 15s Manchester and Salford ,lOO/. sh. 54 1,000 4 per cent. South 1,011.1011 lOOl. sh. 87 8,294 41. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. eh. 90 4.360 1! 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35 IRON RAILWAYS. „ 6,000 ...... ... Birmingham and Derby 24. pa 20 9,560 Birmingham and Gloucester 7,500 Birminzham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 01 15000 - Bristol and Exeter 1004 sh. 10 pd 8/ 660 Calcutta and Saugur 5O/. sh. '2l. pd 01 7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...! 001. sh. 711 6 3,000 .... ..... Clarence lOO/. eh. 1001. pd 29 12,000 8,000 ... ...... Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd 2 60,000 Eastern Counties 25!. alt.ll/. pd 21 Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. pit 161 Great North of England 5,000 Great Weatern lOO/ sh. 65/. pd 871 2,000 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001 pd 100 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sit. 10/. pa 61 10,1106 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14 2,1110 31. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 eh. 41 1,5(4) 11.55. Leicester and Swannington ....512. sh. all pd '75 5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lol.l.sh. 100/. pd 195 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25!. pd 61 36,1100 London and Brighton 501. sh. Sl. pd 18 12,000 London and Blackwall 501, sh 31. pd 1 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich "0/, A. 201.0 1 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. ah. 410/. pd lf Ditto Quarter Shares 51. pd 20,000 London and Southampton....so/. sh. 501. pd Ditto ditto New 7,000 London and Croydon Trunk AV. sh. 251. lid 7,000 Ditto Scrip 141. sh. 5/. lid 19,000 London Grand Junction... 5O/. sh. 5/. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmiugharn...7o/.sh. 71. pd North Midland 100/.ak. 251. pd . .... . Northern and Eastern lOOl. sh Pl. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. Bh. 304 pd 28,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 1,1/00 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOOl. sh. 9000 1.400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pd 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 12/. pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. V. pd 4,000 1/. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. 10s pd 10,000 ......... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pin.... 1001, sh, all pd Ditto Subscription 'l5l. pa 2,000 In/. Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 10,000 11. 108 Brazilian Imp. iss. 5!. pm. 351. alt. 'lO/ pd 6,01 0 Macaubas & Cocaos United 251. sh. 231/. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. :h. 91. pd 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 201. pd 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 104 sh. Al. pd 20,000 British Iron ‘,Ol. all. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper 5/. sh. 41/. pd Cata Branca 611. pd 9 Cainlonga 10,000 11 Copiapo 2O/. sh 1211 pd 63 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm. 2,850 3/. English 20,000 General Minii.g Assoclation...2ol. sh. 151. pd 10 6 m ,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh. 5514 pd 2 :3,000 Polhertm Console. lO/. sh. 81. pd 3 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes . 1504 1:d lto ‘11.0.10 United Mexican, iss. 2 pin -40!. slt, all pd 31 Dart. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5l 'W pd 4i West Cork 50!. sh. 50/. pd 38 LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 000 , 7sgs, sh. 2.'1 1,500 London Univt.•rsity ...............1 0 0 1. s h . all pd 234 Russell 700 "Lgs. all, 9 King' College ................. 100/. pd 26 MISCELLANEOUS: 10,000 15., Australian Ahrictltural....loo4 sh 281/. pd 40 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company ... 2al. pd 13 1 ,, , ,, 00 01 per cent. Canada Company ...............1004 sh. 28/. pd 32 Ci ty 200,0i0 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 951 Bonds, 4 per cent lOl 15,00) 11. Os. general Steam Navigation ...154 sn. 134 pd =II 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Coin, Sale Room: Av. 751. sh. 19 8,000 Caoutchonc Company ..........251 sit. 2 1 1 . Pd 11 New Brunswick Land Compasiy 43/. pit 11 2, 754 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interests c ,,,..loo/ . i i, I pot pd 1301 , 2,( z,3 5/. per cent. Ditt o N ew 1004 :h. 701. pd 36 4,10 'I hames Tunnel 501. eh. all pd 6 10,000 t',.. Van Die.net.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd 14; 6 95 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, JAN. SO, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0011. 61. p. ct. Bank of Scotland ail. 68. Stl. sh. all pd 1901. 2,000,03X1. 51 p. et. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 1..9i/. 500.0 /Cl. Sp. et. British Linen Company IOUs!). :.11 ixl 2301. 3.000,0001. 6/. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175/. 5.000,000( , ,-.. a Nn , tional lOO4Bll. 10 1 . Pd 16 1 1, 2,000,000!. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 250!. sh. 50/. pd 694 4000,00/. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 200 L sh 301. p(1 40/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 25(.0005h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 201 sh. 11. pd 25:s 7,502 61 p. ct. Hercules lOU sh. 101. pd 13/ 15s. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....101. sh. all pd 51.58 50 , 000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 101.4x1 141 1,000 5 p. et. Cal e d on i an Fire 1 0 01 Fh. Fa pdl9lo. 5,000 6p. ct. Edi n b urg h Life. ......,..., 1". sh. 101.}I 14110 s 101. pd 71 Os 100,000 31 p. et. West o f Scotland ... id4ISCELZANEO US. 4,610 ..,... Etlin. :aid Glas. Un. Cana1...501. sh. all pil i',2.1. 4 4 400 5 per cent. FAlinb. Joint Stiocli Wa Ditto Allocated v „ , j:),61 sii. all pat 65/. CAMPi iT9II COiriji.any'iar,... 2s l. sit ......250 1 . sh. all pd 451 . q,000 , i11 15 per cent, itintl.3 Iron Founder), 40/. sh :Sq. pd 44 . 10,060 3 per cont. Edi n b urg h & L e i t h Gl a ss 2Ol. sh. 16!. pd Si. . all pd 351. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd ts B 4. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all pd 611. '750 71 per cont. Loith Coal Gas 201. sh. all pd 451. I ,' 2O O ... ...... Edinburgh sndDalkolth Har.way...so/. sh 601. 3,0011 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Company m ",sl,lll, W. pd 101. MR lIANDLEY, M.P. AbDRESS TO TIIE LANDLORDS AND FARMERS OF ENGLAND. Mr. H. Handley, the patriotic Member for South Lincoln shire, has just published a most powerful letter to Earl Spencer ( President of the Smithfield Club), on the forma tion of a National Agricultural Institution, in which there is more interesting information, more profound thought, and more valuable suggestions than arc to be found in any recent publication connected with the agricultural interest. Mr. Handley commences his letter by showing the immediate causes that produced it:— " My Lord—The following pages, written with the vtew oI arousing the attention of my brother agriculturists to the ad vantages which might be derived from fhe formation of an In stitution to promote Practical Agriculture on Scientific Prin ciples in England, would probably never have been submitted to the public, but for the observations which fell from your Lordship when presiding at the Smithfield Club Dinner on the llth of December last. " It was most gratifying to me to find that the project withal I had long cherished, bat which I had almost despaired of seeing effected, had engaged the attention of your Lordship, and was hailed with acclamation by the numerous company of agriculturists there assembled. " In canvassing the subject heretofore, I have found filet the comparative failure of the Board of Agriculture, once deemed worthy of a Parliamentary grant, and for more than twenty yeas carried on under the zealous and able superin tendence of the late Sir John Sinclair, has been frequently quoted as a discouragement to any similar attempt. In this objection there appears to be but little weight. The Board of Agriculture existed at a period when it was least likely to attract the settled attention or command the energies of agri culturists. It was discontinued, too, at the precise time when, as subsequent events have proved, it ought to have been established. " A period of war is ill suited to national improvements of any kind: during the continuance of war prices, when half a crop remunerated the grower, and the most slovenly far mers amassed wealth, the ustell inducements to extraordinary exertions were wanting ; and we of the present day, to whom the quotations of " wheat from six to eight guineas per quar ter" are but as dreams of fiction, arc not only not surprised that our more fortunate predecessors did not effect more— we only wonder that, if possible, they did not exert them selves less. "In 1817, however, the date when the Board of Agri culture ceased to exist, a new era was about to open upon us; and without discussing the debat ea bl e causes o f the de pression of agriculture, which has since ensued, whether aris ing from the transition from war to peace, the resumption of cash payments in 1819, excessive importation or over production, it is sufficient to have ascertained that a vast reduction has taken place in the prices of agricultural produce ; and it is at least prudent to anticipate that for the future we must look to comparatively low prices, sulecet of course to the variations which seasons and circumstances must from time to time ne cessarily entail. " Farmers are, I believe, at length convinced, that it is not in Parliamentary interference that they must seek a remedy. " Repeated inquiries have terminated in repeated disap pointments. It is to their own energies and their own re sources they must look, and by cheapening the cost and in creasing the amount of production pave the way to future prosperity." Mr. Handley then goes on to chew the wide field of im provement open in every department of agricultural science and practice. lie contrasts the ingenuity and industry of the manufacturers and merchants with the apathy and obstinacy of the farmers. The following extracts give a general view of his objects and reasoning : " Science—by which is to be understood, that knowledge which is founded upon the principles of nature, illustrated by demonstration—is the pilot that must steer us into those hi therto imperfectly explored regions, where I am well convinced a mine of wealth is still in store for British agriculture. Che mistry, Botany, Entomology, Mechanics, require but to he invited, to yield us a harvest of valuable information to guide and to warn us. " What has been the course adopted by our enterprising manufacturers? Had they been satisfied with the inventions which chance, or the intelligence of their artisans, might have discovered, in vain would they have struggled for the proud ascendancy which they now hold in the scale of the manufac turing world. How truly has it been said, that a Manch e ster manufacturer, who had been absent from England for the last seven years, would be ruined, if, on his return now, he endea voured with his former processes to compete with the almost daily improvements of his indefatigable and intelligent rivals. How many thousand acres of land would the bleaching oner a i Lions of Manehester alone require —what enormous cap iltl ii would lie stretched for weeks unproductive on the sward -et" how impossible would it have been to have completed the ac cumulated orders from for e i gn cus t omers , h a d not citemistry furnished a cheap and ra pid su b s ti tu t e ? " How much of scientific re searc h m us t h ave been ern o e, ployed to unite for th e i r i ngen i ous p ur p oses th e p r oducts e all climes, as has been so forcibly demonstrated in the case 01 the commonest printed calico, which the talented author of a recent pamphlet observes combines the unit e d p ro d u cts of the four quarters of the earth—the cotton of Am er i ca , t he indigo of Asia, the gum of Africa, and the madde r o f E urope —all brought from remote regions to produce a rustic's gown piece.'—(Mr. Cobden.) The consequences of the increased production that would arise from agricultural improvement would, to the community at large, be almost as beneficial as the repeal of the corn laws. It would so much increase the supply as to most ma terially lessen the price, and by increasing that supply at borne rather than from abroad, it would encourage the em ployment of native labour in preference to that of foreigners. Though we deprecate the Corn-laws, we are warm and de: e:ded friends to the agriculturists, w h e th er as regar d s physical or moral effects, the healthy frame, or the innocent life, we should prefer a land of farms to a land of factories. At the same time, Mr. Handley, the champion of the agriculturi sts, confesses, that with re ga rd t o i n f ormat i on , act i v i ty , a nti intel lectuality, the farmers ate immeasurably behind the inhabi tants of towns, a hint, by the way, that ought not to b e lost upon Government, as to the preference they profess for the agricultural over the other interests of the country, for the ex tension and exercise of the franchise. Those who desire a a repeal of the Marquis of Chandos's clause, will also find ill this admission a very powerful argument. Mr. Handley's plan is to form a great national association, to give prizes for all agricultural discoveries and improvement s, the meetings of which, like those of the British association , shall be held in different districts, every year, taking in turn London, Lincoln, York, Norfolk, Cambridge, Northampton , Derby, &c. We highly approve of it, and recommend every one interested in agricult ura l matters, to di rect the i r booksel less to send to Messrs. Ridgway, for this very valuable pamphlet. CURE OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.—An amusing anecdote is told of Grimaldi's having restored a dumb person to speech by causing him to laugh immoderately at the Ogr e (Sadler's Wells, 1807), and the fact seems to be well at tested:—" The man, who apppeared an intelligent, iwell behaved fellow, s a id th a t i n t h e ear li er - part o f hi s life could both speak and hear very well, and that be had attribe tel his deprivation of the two senses to the intense heat of the. sun in the quarter of th e wor ld t o w hi c h h o h a d been, and from which he had very recently returned. He added, that on the previous evening he had for a lone time felt a powerful anxiety to express his delight, at what was passing on t he stage, and that after some feat of Grimaldi's, which struck him as being particularly amusing, he had made a strong effort to dcliverthis thoughts, in which, to his own great astonish ment no less than that of his comrades, he succeeded.' • Boe. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, in wood. eases, 12 inches long, by $ inches wide, each playing Feur Airs, with the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are offered for Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same description, with Six Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SA V ORY'S, Working Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornhilk, London (Seven Doors from (Iracechurch-street). N. R. The small musical boxes, 3i inches long, continue selling in tin cases, price 19a. each, or in composition shell EOM, at each. BIRTHS. On the 24th ult., at Stratford-groen, Essex, th e l a dy of Wilson Jones, Esq., M.P., of a son. On the 23d ult., in Bernere-street, the lady of Frederick 11510 'Thomson, Esq., of a son. On the 24th ult., at Bennett's-hill, Birmingham, Mrs.Wkate l l' of a daughter. On the 23d ult., at Portland-place, Camberwell, Mrs. Edward Hockley, of a son. On the liith ult., at the Vicarage, Great Dunmow, Emma, M" . Lewis Majendie, of a son. On tho 14th ult., at Hastings, Mrs. C. K. Johnstone, of Alloa, of a daughter. On the 23d ult., at Streatham-hill, Surroy, the wife of Carprnael, Esq., of a daughter. In Montagu-place, on the 23d ult., Mrs. Edmund Ray, of a daughter. MARRIRD. On the 21st ult., at Sutton, near Hull, Mr. John Lloyd, Of Shrewsbury, to Jane Margaret, fourth daughter of the late Mr' Wm. Stower, of Gracechurch-street. On the 22d ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Horatio. Harris, Esq., solicitor, Teribury, t o M ary A nne , on l y daughter o f the late W. Hodges, Esq., solicitor, Ludlow. On the 23d ult., at Harlington, Bedfordshire, Frederick Woo'l ham Nash, Esq., of the Inner Temple, to Mary Anne Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the T. Vipan, Esq., of Thetford, Norfolk. DIED. On the 13th ult., in the Rue Nuevo de Berry, Paris, aged 61 ' Mrs. Alco c k, w if e o f G eorge Aloock, Esq., dau,,, ,, hter of the late O. Low ther, Esq., of Kilrush, in the county of Meath, and gr eat- . grand-dau g ht er o f G eneral Ponsonby, who full in the battle a Fontenoy. On the 21st ult., at Brighton, Ellen Susannah, youngest daugh ter of Major-General 11. Glatlivie, of Stubbing-court, Derbysl"r a i aged 62. At Southwell, Netts, on the 231 ult.,aged 91, the Rey. Ri el " Barrow, Vi car Ch ora l of that Collegiate C ag hurch, for 64 years. On the 23(l ult., at Ilighgate, aged 62, Lieutenant Jas. Browne? Royal Navy. On 7th of December, on his passage to England, on board th e "Palmyr a ," J ac k son Perring, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister at-law, eldest son of P. Perring, Esq., of Torrington-square, tb" Queen's Deputy Advocate at Ceylon. Ott the 24th ult., at Islington, Matilda, the wife of Mr. Ufford, aged 28. On the 23d ult., at Judd. street, Brunswick.square, John Gilmour, Esq., age d 48. On the 23t1 ult., Mary, wife of Mr. Davies, of 4, Cork-street , Burlington- gar d ens . Buller London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of M . 112, St ran d, at Th e S un Otliee, No. IP', Strand, iu the county .slickllciex.—Thursday, March 1, 1838. El (,